Tomahawk, #117

Published: July-August 1968

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Tomahawk #117

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Issue Contents:
The Rangers' Last Stand!
1 page historical; western-frontier
Characters
  • Tomahawk
  • Cannonball Calhoun
  • Big Anvil
  • Brass Buttons
Credits
Everybody Has Problems...
Story 1 1 page superhero
Story Notes

Inside front cover; house ad for Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #62 (on sale May 28) and Superman (DC, 1939 series) #208 (on sale May 7).

The Rangers' Last Stand!
Story 2 16 pages historical; western-frontier
Storyline

The Rangers are captured and sent to England to be executed for treason, but they keep escaping and fighting until the British are content to see them leave in a captured warship.

Characters
  • Tomahawk
  • Tomahawk's Rangers [Brass Buttons
  • Wildcat
  • Stovepipe Johnson
  • Big Anvil
  • Frenchie Duval
  • Cannonball Calhoun
  • Long Rifle Morgan]
  • Captain Benedict
Credits
Story Notes

Across 17 pages, but one page is 1/2 of a page and another is 2/3 of a page.

Story 3 1 page military

"With most hobby kits, the fun is in putting them together."

Story Notes

Ad for Aurora's Anzio Beach play/action kit. On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.

Beethoven, the Bomb
Story 4 0 pages military
Story Notes

Ad for Revell's Model of the Month. Shares the page with page 8 of the previous story sequence.

Never Before... in One Giant Issue!
Story 5 1 page superhero
Credits
Story Notes

House ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #203 [80 Page Giant #G-49], on sale May 9. On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.

Bat Lash... Can He Save the West? or Ruin It!
Story 6 1 page western-frontier
Credits
Story Notes

House ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #76 [first Bat Lash].

Story 7 1 page non-fiction

"Dad, whenever I use a tube of glue..."

Story Notes

Idea from Billy Isbister of Edmonton, Canada.

Be My Guest at America's Greatest Amusement Park
Story 8 1 page
Characters
  • Superman
The Gauntlet of Doom!
Story 9 7 pages historical; western-frontier
Storyline

Big Anvil is on a solo mission to convince the Araconda tribe to join Tomahawk's men against the British.

Characters
  • Big Anvil
  • Tomahawk
  • Cannonball Calhoun (cameo)
  • Brass Buttons (cameo)
Credits
Story Notes

While many Tomahawk stories include actual historical Native American tribes, this story's Aracondas and Showanees are fictional.

Ride the High Seas with Boaterific
Story 10 1 page
Story Notes

Ad for Ideal's Boaterific toys. On the page between page 2 and page 3 of the previous story sequence.

Your Key to Power for Self-Defense!
Story 11 1 page martial arts
Story Notes

On the page between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.

Story 12 1 page horror-suspense
Story Notes

House ad for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series), now featuring stories of horror and suspense.

Story 13 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Letters submitted by Selina Zane, Jan Callis, Pvt. A.T. (somewhere in Viet Nam); also includes excerpts from other reader letters.

Story 14 1 page
Story Notes

Listing of DC comics on sale in early May 1968; includes cover art for House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #175 and Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1957 series) #84.

Tootsie Roll's New-Exciting Swim Toy
Story 15 1 page
Credits
Here's a Whole Treasure Chest of Fun
Story 16 1 page
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

204 pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set
Story 17 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Back cover.